A day early

Rev 12:7-12; Ps 138 In the sight of angels i will sin g your praises; JOhn 1:47-51

Today at the school we are celebrating the feast of the archangels, a day early.

Since the name sake of the school is St. Michael's, we figured why not celebrate it when the kids are around.

So we moved the feast and why not, angels are not material and pure spirit and being intellect and will, i am certain they understand.

Today's feast gives us a pause to think on the creed where we profess to believe in God creator of all that is visible and invisible.

Today would be a good time to ponder the invisible realities in the created world.  Angels are creatures, just like my cat or the birds, or the dog, or myself.  They are created by the hand of God, they just are a little different.

Invisible realties are all around us.

In fact we as men sit on the boundary since we are both material and spiritual.

We have a leg in both spheres.
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The archangels are like the Avengers.  THey know how to get the job done.

Michael: who is like God, is a champion of loyalty to God.

Gabriel: strength of God, is the harbinger of God's message, three times he makes an appearance in scripture and each time he has make"s God's word heard.  The most famous of course is the appearance  before the Blessed Mother, "Hail, full of grace, the lord is with you."

Raphael: healer of God, the angel who accompanies Tobias on his journey and brings about healing to his father, opens his eyes to see, and brings blessing on the wedding night between Sarah and himself.

Perhaps, more marriages need to look to Raphael for healing and instruction.

The three champions of God: loyalty, messenger, healing.

Perhaps to honor them, we too could do as they do and avenge the honor of God by being honorable.
We can make visible what they do an invisible manner.

Loyalty, spreading the message of God, and healing those around us is a visible way of becoming more angelic in our lifestyle.